You have more sympathy for investors than founders and employees? Put it up to a vote and the vast majority will do away with these restrictions. The people do

You have more sympathy for investors than founders and employees? Put it up to a vote and the vast majority will do away with these restrictions. The people don't want it. Some people want it, and some people benefit from it. As its usual in economics, those groups are not the same. "Financial protections" => the government collects a tax to impose a restriction on you, to benefit the richest class.